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>> we met federico when we were filming what we call "b" roll in the outside exercise cages at the prison. he made a striking impression on me because when we started talking, he was extremely articulate. and when he talked about his crimes, he was very self-aware and very honest about the consequences of his actions. >> i was brought up into a culture where they teach you to be violent. they teach you to outsmart the enemy. they teach you to regard law enforcement and society and your government with contempt. once you inculcate yourself with that lifestyle, with that philosophy, it's not a m...

No wonder that my life was violent, fast, and wild. >> we met frederico when we were filming what we call "b" roll in the outside exercise cages at the prison. he made a striking impression on me because when we started talking, he was extremely articulate. and when he talked about his crimes, he was very self-aware and very honest about the consequences of his actions. >> i was brought up into a culture where they teach you to be violent. they teach you to outsmart the enemy. they teach to you regard law enforcement and society and your government with contempt. once you inculcate yourself wi...

Over the years of filming "lockup," we've seen a wide range of stories from positive ones with inmates who have found redemption or earned degrees to better their life in prison, to the negative, where the cycle of violence has actually escalated for them. they've become more violent and added more time to their sentences. >> stories of troubled childhoods, multiple incarcerations and violent crime convictions are common to many of the inmates at the penitentiary of new mexico, but none of them told us their personal stories of self-destruction quite the way inmate frederico munoz did while we...

>> 86! let's move it. >> we followed katherine hines out to the exercise yard to see part of their daily routine. >> this is our exercise cage. we get it every other day. it's four hours of exercise. we look forward to it, for sure. sunlight, it's a big deal. so -- >> just getting sunlight. it's like a lizard, takes a minute to get going. >> are you going to work out? >> yeah. >> then nearly two minutes pass, with nothing happening. our camera operator walked in between exercise cages waiting for the session to begin. finally our crew was informed it wouldn't start until they left. >> when our...

>> are you going to work out? >> yeah. >> then nearly two minutes pass, with nothing happening. our camera operator walked in between exercise cages waiting for the session to begin. finally our crew was informed it wouldn't start until they left. >> when our crew went back indoors, they learned that kern valley's dominant hispanic gang controlled the exercise session. because all their practices are shrouded in secrecy, they would not work out in front of our cameras. but they can't avoid prison surveillance cameras. >> notice right now you have what a call a cadence call. it's an exercise ro...